Chris Coons on ‘Getting Through’ Lindsey Graham’s Support for Trump: ‘I Love Him Like a Brother … I Want to Kill Him … Yet I’m Able to Forgive Him’

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COONS: “He and I were the chair and the ranking of the Appropriations Subcommittee that funded foreign aid. It was in the first Trump administration, and he had saved foreign aid at that point. And it was the same week of the Kavanaugh fight, which was ugly and awful. And he and I were at the same event. And someone said to me, 'How can you stand Lindsey Graham?' And I said, 'Well, I love him like a brother, which means, when I fight with him, I want to kill him. And they’re awful and ugly fights. And yet when we work together and when I see the good that he wants to do for our country, I’m able to forgive him and find the positives in him.' We had knock-down, drag-out fights. The Kavanaugh confirmation was exceptionally ugly. There were other things he did I really, really disagreed with and thought were bad choices and violated our shared values. But I also saw him in his best moments, fighting fiercely for the underdog in America, for freedom around the world, and for a better future for all."